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Longmont man suspected of stealing car, crashing it through alley and into tree

By Pierrette J. Shields Longmont Times-Call

Posted:
12/07/2012 05:48:09 PM MST

Updated:
12/07/2012 05:49:11 PM MST

LONGMONT -- A Longmont officer patrolling the neighborhood around Loomiller Park early Friday morning noticed a "fluid trail" on the street and followed it to find a trail of destruction and, eventually, a crashed an abandoned stolen car, according to reports.

The officer arrested Robert Joncas, 24, who was found injured and wandering the neighborhood, according to Sgt. Mike Stogsdill.

According to police, an officer who was on routine patrol around Loomiller Park around 5:28 a.m. Friday discovered a fluid trail near the park and followed it into an alley, where he discovered wreckage of trash cans and saw that a fence had been struck. Near the south side of Loomiller Park he found a 2003 Buick sedan crashed into a tree and abandoned.

The car had been stolen from the 1200 block of Tulip Street, Stogsdill said.

The officer found Joncas walking in the neighborhood injured and apparently inebriated, Stogsdill said. He was arrested and booked at the Boulder County Jail on Friday morning.

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